Multiple disasters and crimes spark a turbulent news digest
A chaotic summary notes caving at a bank line wrecks lives in Georgia. Baltimore deaths from a fall. Buck shot dead near Mississippi. Lee Bloom & Co. liquor firm assignment for 20000 dollars. suicides in Louisville and Santa Ana. Mormon polygamy debates. various shootings, fires, and accidents across the U.S. and beyond with political and social turmoil.
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Macon
Brunswick
Bartholomew Taizy
Baltimore
George E. Buck
Mobile
Tekasati
Tue
Lee, Bloom & Co
Louisville
Mary Anderson
Naval Academy
Amapo
Wreck Losses and Global Notes From The Era
Foreign intelligence reports recount a wreck off Milford England where twelve crewmen drowned. Consular dispatches note corn imports shrinking as barges move goods down the Mississippi to New Orleans. Patti refused a Brazil offer of 6300 dollars a night for forty nights. French Chambers reopened on the 9th. Egypt announces ending joint British French financial control. Greece and Turkey sign a protocol for frontier evacuation. Archbishop Bourget marks sixtieth priestly anniversary in Montreal. Lord Mayor’s banquet remarks praise Ireland’s progress and urge prudent policy. Spanish Cabinet acts on refugees. North Africa tensions edge toward settlement. Dr C O’Brien named Archbishop of Halifax.
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Mr. Gladstone
Charles Fartox
Montreal
Robert Campbell
Pictou
Bay Dedorr
Lake Ontario
Chili
Peru
Taena
Arica
Dublin
Patrick Delaney
Lawson
Margaret Scott
Martintown
Quebec
James McGaul
Looloo Island
Philippines
Russia
Angel'ca
North Sea
Westphalia
Grapstone
House of Commons
Arabi Pasha
Nile Delta
Figueras
Amadeus
London
Ont
Scoville
Guiteau
Chicago
Saxony
Madrid
Canada Southern
Michigan Central
D. Arnott & Co
Toronto, Cay
William
Germany
Irish Land Commission
Gladstone
Egypt
England
Philipopolis
Manitoba
Bradlaugh
William Trimble
Salina
Trimble
Milford
Eng
Dunkirk
France
Mississippi
New Orleans
Brazil
Patti
Greece
Turkey
Bourget
Astone
Ireland
Ata
Alphonso
Larich
Bordj Borse
Various 19th Century Events Reported From Across Regions
The 15th saw Cedar Village convent fire near Quebec and Georgia politics with Colquitt and Barrow elected for long and short U.S. Senate terms. Alabama’s legislature organized with Harrison and Foster chosen. Debts, a grain merchant’s suspension, and a Pensacola yellow fever end were noted. Sioux Chief Brave Bear hanged at Yankton. Arabi Pasha orders and Ramieh Palace killings corroborated. St. Paul & Omaha Road crash killed three cowhands. Thurlow Weed’s 85th birthday honored in NYC. Beecher suit jury ruled against Wilkinson. Putumayo killings and cannibalism reported. Mary Booth’s sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Three Phillips sisters wed in Butler. Britain’s Anti-Slavery Society urged anti-slavery actions. A new U S map marks 4000 west places. Montreal Board of Trade seeks open navigation, likely to succeed.
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Cedar Village
Quebec
Autrep H. Colquitt
United States
Georgia
Pope Barrow
Alabama
George P. Harrison
Senate
W. F. Foster
D. W. Coo Ipes
Grain Commission
Portland
Maine
Board of Health
Pensacola
Fla
Brave Bear
Joseph Johnson
Yankton
D. T. Souleman Daova
Cairo
Arabi Pasha
Alexandria
Arabi
Ramieh Palace
St. Paul & Omsha
Hedson
Minn
Thurlow Weed
New York City
Samuel Wilkinson
Henry Ward Beecher
Christ
Barbacoas
Mary Booth
Virginia
Butler
Phillips
London
Cardinal Manning
Mr. Forster
M. P
Montreal Board of Trade
Woman in Charlestown challenges will ruling
A Charlestown woman nursing her dying father abused the other five children to gain control. She sought to claim the father’s estate but the court ruled her undue influence voiding the will. The will was set aside based on her own words as proof.
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Charlestown
Mass
Reo
Boston Post
Widows of India Seek Second Marriages Despite Tyranny
Prairie Farmer notes widows of India, barred by English rule, plan to remarry and remain determined to forsake sorrow and sacrifice themselves alongside their late husbands.
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India
Phergren
Prairie Farmer
Clemens Chopping Wood for Exercise in Elmira Tale
The Elmira Advertiser recounts Mark Twain, living at a hilltop book factory, trying to gain health through chopping wood after a doctor prescribes exercise. A farm owner ejects him from the woods, and Twain jokes about others, while reflecting on famed contemporaries and a moral about effort.
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Huragrist
East Hill
Elmira
Connecticut
Clemens
Mark
Twain
Moses
Greeley
Chappaqua
Gladstone
Egypt
Tug Wilson
Ron Courtney
Beecher
Mr. Clemens
Woman in Cohoes Fires on Intruder to Save Home
A resident of Cohoes New York faced a determined would be robber at her home. She drew a revolver from a sewing machine drawer and fired twice proving the weapon loaded. The intruder fled the scene.
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Cohoes
N. Y
Perfume Poisoning Case From Bazaar Svalo Tar Products
A girl applied heliotrope perfume bought at a bazaar and developed a vesicular eruption swelling itching and erysipelas lasting for some time. The scent used sval tar products rather than plant odoriferous principles and caused its irritating effects.
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Continent
Chicago Hotel Porter Worth Over Hundred Thousand
John Cullerton, head porter at a prominent Chicago hotel, is valued at more than $100,000 and could nearly afford to mingle with the city’s top newspaper editors in the lead Chicago papers.
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John Cullerton
Chicago
Chi
Cours
Pungent Paragraphs From Various Papers Collide
A collage of humorous and satirical quips from multiple papers features mock dialogue about stocks, marriage woes, odd anecdotes, and editorial bragging. Observations range from a judge’s quip to a train of one liners about clumsy servants and fashion missteps.
A Convict Hero of a Naval Landing in Sicily
A British marine recounts a former convict who infiltrated their unit as a ticket of leave man. In a Sicilian fort near Gargents during a landing under enemy guns, the ex thief kept firing until a sword thrust killed him, dying with a plucky act of bravery.
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Egypt
Marines
Gargents
Sicily
Comet Inspires a Nursery Morning Image
A young girl wakes to see a bright eastern sky and a conspicuous comet. The scene shifts to a baby in nurse’s arms, whose finery and golden halo recall the same celestial wonder, as the observer notes the comet’s train and the sky’s fading light.
A New Game Brightens a Disordered Room
Olive and her sisters turn a messy sitting room into a neat surprise by a self written paper game. They arrange eight tasks matching each slip, racing to tidy furniture, carpet, mantel and desk before their mother returns, then reveal the room’s transformation. Mamma notices the change and praises the result while siblings share the triumph.
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Olive Kendall
Leila
Nora
Olive
Bridget
Cate
Mamma
Finland
Lela
Europe
Teddy
Frddy
Olve
Southerner in Boston Notes on Face and Tone
A Southern observer in Boston contrasts New Englanders with Virginians and Marylanders, finding surface likeness but deeper differences. He argues the English physiognomy of New Englanders reveals a direct, self-reliant approach to tasks, contrasting with expectations of a similar look to Southern neighbors. The piece reflects on class, demeanor, and the instant interpretation of a person’s intent.
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New York
Boston
New
England
New England
Charleston News and Courier
Game of Useful ness Card Set Prompts Family Fun
Nora and her sisters discuss making cards for a family game with names like Daily Duty Helping Hands and Game of Useful ness. They plan a matching activity, ending with the idea that a prize is Mammas smile.
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Mamma
Nora
Leila
Katharine R. McDowell
Nicholas
Kansas City Station Leaders in Railroad Traffic
The New York Sun notes Kansas City railroad stations handle more travelers than any other in America, with several important lines coming through that month. A restaurant keeper faced a rental of 20 000 dollars per year.
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Kansas City
America
N. Y. Sun
Norwegian Railways Night Travel Aversion Shared
A remark notes that Norwegian railways prefer not to run trains at night. Passengers arriving around ten o clock are informed the service will resume only the following morning.
Australian says our parties and social life smell of the village green
An Australian speaker complains that their social life and gatherings resemble a village green atmosphere. The remark contrasts political grouping with social life, noting parallels between party activity and suburban communal spaces.
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Sears
Village Green
Harvest Home Exercises at Chicago Mission Day School
Religious miscellany depicts Harvest Home exercises at a Chicago Mission Lune day-school with a poem urging all generations to sow virtuous seeds for a righteous harvest. It contrasts young and old as carriers of hope and warnings, stressing parental guidance and moral responsibility for future outcomes.
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Mission Lune Day-School
Chicago
The Word of God as Divine Thought and Presence
A devotional reflection extols the Bible as God’s thought and mind revealed. It argues that divine revelation speaks to mind and heart, offering comfort and assurance beyond Nature, life, and independent human source. The Word binds the believer to God and sustains the living in faith. Independent.
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God
Mr. Independent
Be Fruitful in Small Acts for Christ in Daily Life
A devotional reflection urges that fruitfulness comes from small, helpful deeds rather than grand deeds alone. It compares righteous acts to clusters on a vine, noting many may seem outwardly orderly yet lack daily study of God's word and service. The piece asks readers to examine motive and consistency in kindness, mercy, and quiet faith.
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Simon
America
No. 1
le Duc
Stockholm
Sweden
Henry Hatton
Barges
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